Distributing and Showing Farmer Learning Videos in Bangladesh     

Jeffery W. Bentley  Paul Van Mele  Md. Harun-ar-Rashid  Timothy J. Krupnik 《The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension》2016,22(2):179-197

Purpose: To describe the results of showing farmer learning videos through different types of volunteers.

Design/Methodology/Approach: Semi-structured interviews with volunteers from different occupational groups in Bangladesh, and a phone survey with 227 respondents.

Findings: Each occupational group acted differently. Shop keepers, tillage service providers, agricultural input and machine dealers reached fairly small audiences. Tea stall owners had large, male audiences. Non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations, reached more women. The cable TV (dish-line) operators showed the videos on local TV, but some were reluctant to do so again. The Union Information Service Centres showed the videos and reached women viewers. Half of the official government extension agents surveyed also showed the videos publically.

Practical Implication: This video featured maize, wheat and rice seeding machinery. Because the machinery is complex and requires hands-on training, this first video aimed to expose tillage and sowing service providers and farmers to the machinery, without trying to teach them how to use it. But some farmers were so interested that they watched the video many times to learn more about the equipment. Before farmers and service providers decide to buy machinery for direct seeding, they still want to see and learn from demonstration plantings, to examine first-hand how the crop behaves when planted with the new equipment.

Originality/Value: Video can be an effective way of sharing high-quality information with a large audience, if properly distributed.  相似文献   

Consistently inconsistent: An examination of the variability in the identification of emotional disturbance     

Kristin Scardamalia  Keisha L. Bentley‐Edwards  Kairys Grasty 《Psychology in the schools》2019,56(4):569-581

The federal definition of emotional disturbance (ED) has been heavily criticized as vaguely defined and poorly operationalized yet there has not been a formal analysis of the reliability of the ED criteria. This study examined the reliability of the federal criteria for a special education designation of ED. A total of 179 school psychologists reviewed a mock special education report, made an eligibility determination, and provided information about their eligibility decision. In all, 56 participants found the student met ED eligibility criteria using 16 different combinations of the five criteria. Krippendorff’s α, a statistic preferred for content analysis, was calculated as a measure of criterion reliability. Results indicated extremely poor reliability (α = 0.2011). These findings demonstrate the importance of redefining the existing criteria.  相似文献   

Letter from the Editors     

Peter James Bentley  Carroll Graham 《Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management》2019,41(2):119-120

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Letter from the editors     

Peter James Bentley  Carroll Graham 《Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management》2019,41(4):359-360

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The relationship between basic and applied research in universities     

Peter James Bentley  Magnus Gulbrandsen  Svein Kyvik 《Higher Education》2015,70(4):689-709

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Literacy and Learning in the Italian Renaissance     

J. Scott Bentley 《Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies》2013,35(2):187-189

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The lives and ideas of the Vienna Circle     

Bentley  Joseph 《Metascience》2021,30(3):375-377

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Megabits     

Andrew Stein  Con Nikakis  John Bentley  Rob Jovanovic 《TechTrends》2001,45(2):27-27

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Research note: Some corrections and suggestions for working with the national faculty survey databases     

Richard J. Bentley  Robert T. Blackburn  Jeffery P. Bieber 《Research in higher education》1990,31(6):587-604

Our ability to understand the faculty work environment has been greatly enhanced by the availability of largescale national surveys of the professoriate since the 1950s. This technical note identifies ways to improve data comparability among the national faculty surveys. It begins by identifying the national surveys and some of their attributes. The study then estimates faculty sizes and calculates weights for faculty in selected disciplines and institution types. The weights are designed specifically for four surveys conducted in 1969, 1975, 1980, and 1988.  相似文献   

Letter from the editors     

Peter Bentley  Carroll Graham 《Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management》2018,40(1):1-2

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